Cricket

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/25791500

"England ponder change of tactics"
Finally, a plan b?

Well, winning something would be a change of tactic.

They should just blame the legacy left by the last Labour government and be done with it

Another terrible defeat in the worst tour ever. Could be another 5-0

lost the Carlton Mid Series...is there any hope left for England??

could be some bizarre imbalanced times ahead for the international game

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/710707.html

reckon england and australia wdnt be cunts abt it but india completely would, to their own hilarious detriment

India pretty much controls cricket anyway as it is

this is just gonna lead to only 3 countries playing tests eventually

You mean the only three countries that are actually interested in test cricket?

you think south africa arent?

now being "reported" cook may give up the one day captaincy.

would think NZ, Pakistan and SL care a little bit too. WI sadly not a factor and perhaps in need of a kick up the arse. spare them until Chanderpaul goes

haha but of course I am not in favour of reducing the Test roster on principle. tier 2 tests - would these count for one's official stats? Darren Bravo'd make a killing

I dont like the idea myself. the other nations are just gonna go fuck it lets concentrate on 20/20

looks like Pakistan are going to chase down 302 in Sharjah

am watching, it's been an amazing effort, abetted by hilariously shit & negative tactics from SL. will these fucks (ever international team except aus & nz) never learn?

pretty dark now is it? Azhar Ali has just gotten out

Misbah's the man, yet again!

all over, umpires took no shit from SL re: bad light due to timewasting. very similar to England chase in Pakistan 13 years ago to win final Test, except the chase was twice as big this time :D

you think south africa arent?

I was thinking more of the crowds who attend test matches, I don't think too many do in SA (I could be wrong though). They certainly don't in NZ.

http://i.imgur.com/Np4BciX.jpg

too small; didn’t read.

tour back on track, it's all looking rosy now!

VICTORY!!!

well i'm glad.

all is well cook must stay etc etc

knighthood for ashley giles

yeah flippancy aside it was a good win, Buttler looks like the real deal. Cook did captain pretty well from what I gathered from TMS.

yeah flippancy aside it was a good win

zing

yeah cook can put away the yellow pages now

Great to get all those warm-up games out of the way just in time for the first proper one.

nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
NOT ASHLEY NEGATIVE WORST SPINNER EVER FUCKING GILES

who would you have then?

Doesnt matter as the jobs his. He's been trained up for it. Lets hope his coachings better than his bowling.

Im thinking Flowers jumped before being pushed.

Am more amused by the thrashing Glorious India just copped off a semi-pro b-tier Unimportant Nation

xp not sure he's a shoo-in to be honest. I would have Thorpe maybe? I know you've got a thing about the King of Spain but he wasn't a bad bowler.

There was a hilariously one-eyed article in the Age when I was out there for the the Ashes, in which Dean Jones picked his next England coach. His suggestions were: SK Warne, Mike Hussey, Tom Moody, and oh I don't know maybe that Michael Vaughan bloke?

warne would be worth it just to wind up the Aussies I suppose

Moody has been rumoured to be up for coach since before fletcher

Giles has it simply because they have stated they want one coach in charge of all 3 formats

and he was an awful bowler.

i would rather Flower had stayed tbh unless he really did do a back me over KP thing.
It seems its a case of there's nobody to replace Cook so Flower has to go. But there's noone really to replace him. Giles has done a poor job with 1 day and 20/20 too.

But Paul Downton obv wants his own man in charge.

you thought England couldn't become any more of a laughing stock? KP has been told his England career is over. Selvey rejoices.

a shame, but at least we won't have to hear about it ad nauseam any more

whaaat

fuck the ecb

sack the ecb lol xp

sporting administrative body incompetent shockah

we're still left with a shitty captain who lost the ashes 5-0